Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

Chapter 210 The regular season ends, 73 wins!
"Duen, you seem to have become stronger again?!"

After three months, Wade played against Du En again, and it was still obvious that Du En had made great progress in shooting.

Wade is convinced that the reason why Duan played so calmly tonight is not just because of his good touch, but because he knows that his strength has become stronger, so he is so confident.

Wade is also quite familiar with this situation.

After the baptism of the finals and hard training in the summer, Wade can clearly feel that as his strength increases, his self-confidence improves.

As well as the improvement in ball handling with the accumulation of game experience.

The hard training in the summer allowed Wade to make up for some technical flaws and shortcomings, allowing Wade to dare to play some games that he did not dare to play last season.

In his current state, Du En has obviously polished his skills completely and maturely, and can launch attacks anywhere at will.

Although Du En could shoot mid-range shots in the past, if he didn't have the confidence to shoot mid-range shots as accurately as at the basket, Du En would pass the ball more to his teammates under the basket, allowing teammates inside to finish.

Now that Duen has this confidence and ability, before he runs out of energy, he will take the initiative to take the ball and play alone, breaking the game on his own.

"Everyone will make progress! Dwyane, I see you have become a lot stronger. I almost don't recognize you!"

Duan and Wade exchanged commercial blows.

In fact, Duan performed well tonight because with the Heat's current defensive resources, there is simply nothing they can do against him.

With O'Neal in charge, the Heat's overall height cannot be considered too short, but O'Neal can't defend him.

Then Duan used a pick-and-roll to get rid of James Posey, and then it was like entering Lilliput.

Basketball is a game for big men. When Duen shoots from the outside and has an obvious height advantage, Duen naturally has to pursue the victory and keep taking shots.

Taking into account the physical problem, Duen changed tonight's defensive strategy and defensive goals in advance.

Because from the first quarter, Wade stood on the wing and mainly assisted in defense, and Wade also took the initiative to reduce the number of attacks on the basket due to Du En's assistance in defense, and instead provided the ball for other teammates.

Compared with the past, Duan has reduced some of the running and physical confrontation of defensive ball holders, so the physical energy consumed on the defensive end is not too much.

Because of this, Duan can continue the feel he had in the first quarter and continue to rely on shooting to score efficiently in the second and third quarters.

In the third quarter, O'Neal, who was exhausted, could not maintain the offensive efficiency of the first half.

This is equivalent to saying that the Bulls used fast breaks to weaken O'Neal into Yao Ming.

In the second half of the third quarter, the Heat's scoring pressure fell entirely on Wade alone.

Although Wade suddenly scored some balls to teammates such as White Chocolate and James Posey.

But they were unlucky tonight, and their three-point shooting was average, which did not help Wade relieve the offensive pressure.

On the Bulls side, under the leadership of Du En, they played vigorously and prosperously.

As Duan hit another mid-range shot, with more than 2 minutes left in the third quarter, Duan had already scored 40 points.

The Heat don't have the idea of ​​preventing Duan from scoring high points and breaking records like the Pistons did.

However, the closer the playoffs get, the more Wade and O'Neal need to be protected and stay as healthy as possible.

Although the Heat kept Antoine Walker on the court, Antoine Walker did not have suitable helpers around him, so he was quickly sanctioned by the Bulls' forward group.

By the end of the third quarter, the Bulls had established a 14-point lead.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Duan was on full fire again, relying on breakthroughs to score 6 points in a row. The point difference between the two teams was once close to 20 points.

However, the Heat played very tenaciously. Wade and O'Neal rested off the court, and Haslem and Antoine Walker led a group of substitutes and played more vigorously on the court.

Half into the fourth quarter, the Heat actually relied on defense to catch up with a few points.

Ever since, Wade and O'Neal, who didn't want to lose, quickly returned to the court.

For this reason, the Bulls' main players had to come back on the court and fight the Heat for a few more minutes.

It wasn't until there were more than two minutes left in the game that the Heat surrendered and withdrew all their main players. 104 to 93, the Bulls defeated the Heat by 11 points and got revenge on the Heat.

As the leader of the Bulls, Dunn also defeated the team of Wade and O'Neal in this round of brother basketball competition with perfect statistics of 51 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks.

However, Dunn was not proud for long. After playing against the Heat, the Bulls and his team immediately took a plane to play in Washington due to schedule reasons.

The recent consecutive defeats of Eastern Conference championship teams such as the Pistons and Heat have made the Bulls players somewhat complacent.

The back-to-back schedule also affects the players' game status.

Duan tried his best to score 51 points the night before. This night, he was a little sluggish, which is normal.

Duane, who was not physically strong enough, reduced the number of shots and attacks on the basket. In the end, he scored 21 points on 26 shots, which was not too low in efficiency.

But because my teammates were in CBA, I ended up losing the game with a little regret.

Fortunately, the Bulls have a complete lineup and are now in the sprint stage in the second half of the regular season.

Bulls players all know that they are expected to tie or even refresh the Bulls' team record and league record of 72 wins.

So after a little indulgence, each one quickly started to work seriously again, train hard, and treat the game sincerely.

Pacers, Hornets, Celtics, Magic, and the Bulls restarted a four-game winning streak before April arrived.

Throughout March, Duan also won the honor of Eastern Conference Player of the Month once again relying on the team's 14-2 record.

Of course, Duen scored 50+ points twice and led the team to defeat powerful enemies such as the Pistons and Heat. Duen is definitely worthy of his Player of the Month award.

As time enters April, the Bulls only have the last 4 regular season games left this season, two of which will be against the Heat, and the rest are not tough games.

However, the comeback Heat quickly taught the Bulls a lesson.

In order to successfully defend the championship, the Heat obviously need to deal with the Bulls, a powerful opponent in the Eastern Conference, in advance this season.

After half a month of hard thinking and careful study, the Heat came up with a brand new defensive strategy.

The Heat used Wade to delay Duane's breakthrough speed and adopted side defense instead of frontal defense.

The purpose of this move is to prevent Duen from passing the ball to teammates inside and under the basket.

At the same time, the Heat will also use O'Neal and Mourning to block Duane's shot from the front or intercept Dunn's pass.

The purpose of the two-pronged approach of inside and outside teams is to force Duen to pass the ball to the outside, betting that other players will not feel good.

Duen tried to break the game on his own, but it felt like he was double-teamed by the Pistons. The longer he played, the less efficient he became.

In order to win, Duan had to hand over the ball and trust his teammates.

In fact, the Bulls' outside shooting feel was fine, but they happened to catch up with the Heat and were educated by the Heat.

Fortunately, the Bulls coaching staff also came up with an idea for Duen. From now on, when playing against the Heat, he will play without the ball and just take a shot after catching the ball.

The Heat's attack on Duan from inside and outside takes time to arrange. They must wait for their teammates inside to pull out from the inside to defend.

At the same time, the wing players must shrink to the basket to make up for the gap left by O'Neal or Mourning coming out of the basket.

Therefore, as long as Duen touches the ball for a short time and his shot is fast enough, the Heat will not be able to effectively restrict Duen.

After finding the right solution, the Bulls quickly tried it again on the Heat and once again got back a win.

Just when the Bulls were about to end the remaining regular season games with a winning streak, the Bulls were accidentally defeated by the Nets.

The Nets are also one of the strong teams in the Eastern Conference, but they just don't have the strength to compete for the championship.

Fortunately, after losing to the Nets, the Bulls also lost 9 regular season games.

This means the big one is coming!
73 wins, record breaking!
(End of this chapter)